At the June BNEF Summit in Amsterdam, the conversation centered on energy and infrastructure.
Across sessions, the focus was on how Europe can deliver infrastructure amid electrification, AI, and rising power demand.
Data centres were not the main agenda item, but they surfaced often in discussions on grid capacity, timelines, and large-scale infrastructure.
In the interview below, Tatiana Chicu, Co-founder and SVP Energy & Utilities at Krios Infrastructure, explains how these dynamics are shaping data centre development.
The data centre conversation has shifted. Connectivity and demand still matter, but power access, grid capacity, and delivery timelines now play a central role in what and where the data centres get built.
Traditional hubs remain important, but power and permitting constraints are pushing attention toward locations with available energy and greater delivery certainty.
Scale is also changing the discussion.
AI and compute growth are bringing data centres directly into the energy conversation. At this scale, projects need more than power access; siting, community and grid integration matter just as much.
For Europe to scale AI and digital capacity, demand is not enough. Power, policy, communities, and development must align.
At Krios Infrastructure, this is reflected in our focus on energy-ready site development across Europe.
